Airstrip Repairs

[Thruster88]

A used tautliner or curtin side truck trailer side would make an excellent hangar door. They can obviously handle wind and are easy to open.

[BrendAn]

3 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

Moneybox,

 

Some of the figures that you are quoiting, seem way out of proportion to the value of the aircraft and the benefit that may be derived, from such a costly structure, that is unless you intend to rent space or live in it. Examples of cost effective hangers 😈

 

looks like you built the hangar around the plane in the top photo

[skippydiesel]

5 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

looks like you built the hangar around the plane in the top photo

Not mine.

 

Front of aircraft poles, are easily removed, to get aircraft in/out.

 

😈

[Siso]

The other thing you could consider is using a shed with a smaller door and use track like they do for sailplanes. Put the plane in sideways The local club just use angle iron with the point up. Not hard to whip up a dolly. Looks like wheels are readily available.

[facthunter]

IF a Hangar is likely to collapse on your Plane in a strong Wind, it's not a lot of Use.  I built, Plans and permits for one at Ballarat  for a group of about 7 people who had aircraft and each shared the cost.. That made it affordable. The floor was only Tarred. Concrete is very (prohibitably) costly. Drainage was already there and It's a Heritage Overlay Aerodrome. making it More difficult  to satisfy the Planning approval.. Nothing involving Aeroplanes is easy..  Nev

[BrendAn]

3 hours ago, Thruster88 said:

A used tautliner or curtin side truck trailer side would make an excellent hangar door. They can obviously handle wind and are easy to open.

thats a good idea, especially load bearing curtains, they are tough.

[skippydiesel]

"A used tautliner or curtin side truck trailer side would make an excellent hangar door." 

 

One one of the reasons for the light duty structures, photos I posted, is that being open, they present little résistance to wind. Start closing them in and you will need a considerably stronger structure 😈

[Moneybox]

5 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

"A used tautliner or curtin side truck trailer side would make an excellent hangar door." 

 

One one of the reasons for the light duty structures, photos I posted, is that being open, they present little résistance to wind. Start closing them in and you will need a considerably stronger structure 😈

 

Airports seem to be some of the windiest places on earth. I'm delaying doing aircraft maintenance and upgrades until I can get the plane into a shelter. A tarp overhead isn't going to cut it, the wind and dust and flies are still going to be problematic. If I can get the plane into a hangar I can open it up for repairs or upgrades and just close the door until I get back tomorrow, I'll get a lot more work done. Right now I don't even get to pull the canopy cover over if I'm on my own because I can't compete with the wind. When I try to refuel, the wing or me end up sprayed with petrol.

 

I want to fly out of YCUE on Saturday morning head to YMEK 110km north to checkout an urgent earthmoving rehabilitation job at Doolgunna 150km further north It'll be raining here in the morning, raining when I land and still raining when I'm due to return. That means I'd be opening the canopy, removing the cowl, refueling and all while it's pissing down with rain. I just need a decent hangar.

[Moneybox]

I like the simplicity of this door.

 

 

I could reduce the weight considerably by sheeting it with 1.2mm hail proof polycarbonate. I could reduce it a lot more by using a cable lift system where the long span is supported in a couple of places through the centre. A 12m door needs a lot of strength but if it's lifted from four points along it's length then it could be built much lighter without sacrificing strength. Each lifting cable would raise an anchor pin before lifting the door.

 

It's all clear in my head, I just need a shed to fasten it to. 

 

[Moneybox]

I found an abandoned airstrip today.

 

 

It's in quite good condition apart from a few weeds.

 

 

The sock isn't too good.

 

 

Is there a list of abandoned or disused airstrips? The could be very useful in an emergency.

[skippydiesel]

Nice!

All you need is a hanger/house & your set up or aviation.

 

Wish I could find such a nice  (unowned) airfield in my area😈

[Marty_d]

There's not many strips down my way either, unfortunately.

[409tonner]

Whenever I am flying or driving and I find an airstrip thats not on oz runways I drop a marker in case I need it in emergency or approaching bad weather etc. There is a lot of strips out there and I am sure the owner wouldn’t mind you using it in an emergency. 

[Moneybox]

4 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

Nice!

All you need is a hanger/house & your set up or aviation.

 

Wish I could find such a nice  (unowned) airfield in my area😈

 

Nearly all WA is crown land. If you were to peg one of these sites you as good as own it for a certain period depending on how you classify your lease. Where I went wrong with my mining lease where I was building my airstrip, it was within the town boundary meaning the shire had a say in what went on there. I'm in the process of selling this lease along with our 1910 stone house and a prospecting lease that had only two years life left.

 

Anything outside of town is just a case of a few pegs, an online application and then a battle over landrights with the local tribe. I have one application 400m from an abandoned airstrip that has been in and out of the Warden's court for two and a half years. It's marked as Pending and that's where I was yesterday digging up a couple of small gold nuggets when I found this strip.